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Special Show About the World Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1992 Legendary Motorsport Era Which Is Now Reviving Special Show about the World Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1992 Legendary Motorsport Era Which is Now Reviving The races for the World Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1992 are amongst the highlights in motorsport history. In these 40 years, famous automobile firms such as Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot or Porsche fought for the prestigious title which, at that time, was often enough precisely as coveted as the World Formula 1 Championship. These cars were driven by famous drivers, e.g. Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill, Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Jochen Mass, Jo Siffert, Pedro Rodriguez or Graf Berghe von Trips. As a homage to these 40 successful years of motorsport, 15 successful racers from that period will be presented at this year's Essen Motor Show, starting with the Ferrari 375MM from 1953/54 right up to the Peugeot 905B from 1992, the last titleholder in the legendary era. In 2012, the World Sports Car Championship celebrated its resurrection after a break of 20 years. In eight races, the objective was the first title of "modern times". Audi (five victories) won the championship ahead of Toyota (two victories). Races with sports car already had a long tradition in automobile sport long before the first official World Championship. Races such as the 24-Hour Race in Le Mans in France (first staged in 1923), the Mille Miglia (in 1927) and the Targa Florio (in 1906), both in Italy, were amongst the most important dates in the racing calendar in which the best drivers in the world took part. With the introduction of the World Championship, other important races such as the 12- Hour Race in Sebring (USA) or the ADAC 1,000-Kilometre Race on the Nürburgring were included in the calendar. Over the years since 1953, the regulations or the official designation of the World Sports Car Championship have changed several times. The Championship was called the World Sports Car Championship, the World Constructors Championship, the World Endurance Championship or also the World Sports Prototype Championship. It was intended for makes until 1984 and for teams since 1985. A separate classification for drivers was introduced in 1981. The most successful firms in the history of the World Sports Car Championship are Ferrari and Porsche with 13 titles each. Mercedes and Jaguar each won three times. The other successful makes: Alfa Romeo, Ford, Lancia and Matra (two titles each) as well as Peugeot and Aston Martin (one title each). The World Sports Car Champions from 1953 to 1992 Makes or Teams 1953 Ferrari 1954 Ferrari 1955 Mercedes-Benz 1956 Ferrari 1957 Ferrari 1958 Ferrari 1959 Aston Martin 1960 Ferrari 1961 Ferrari 1962 Ferrari 1963 Ferrari 1964 Ferrari 1965 Ferrari 1966 Ford 1967 Ferrari 1968 Ford 1969 Porsche 1970 Porsche 1971 Porsche 1972 Ferrari 1973 Matra Simca 1974 Matra Simca 1975 Alfa Romeo *1976 Porsche (Sports Cars) *1976 Porsche (World Constructors Championship) *1977 Alfa Romeo (Sports Cars) *1977 Porsche (World Constructors Championship) 1978 Porsche 1979 Porsche 1980 Lancia 1981 Lancia 1982 Porsche 1983 Porsche 1984 Porsche 1985 Porsche (Works Team) 1986 Porsche (Brun Team) 1987 Jaguar (Works Team) 1988 Jaguar (Works Team) 1989 Mercedes-Benz (Sauber Team) 1990 Mercedes-Benz (Sauber Team) 1991 Jaguar (Works Team) 1992 Peugeot (Works Team) * Remark: In 1976 and 1977, two titles were awarded in each case. The World Sports Car Champions World Champion Drivers (titles were first awarded in 1981) 1981 Bob Garretson (Porsche 935) 1982 Jacky Ickx (Porsche 956) 1983 Jacky Ickx (Porsche 956) 1984 Stefan Bellof (Porsche 956) 1985 Derek Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck (Porsche 962C) 1986 Derek Bell (Porsche 962C) 1987 Raul Boesel (Jaguar XJR-8) 1988 Martin Brundle (Jaguar XJR-9) 1989 Jean-Louis Schlesser (Sauber C9-Mercedes) 1990 J. L. Schlesser and Mauro Baldi (Mercedes C11) 1991 Teo Fabi (Jaguar XJR-14) 1992 Derek Warwick and Yannick Dalmas (Peugeot 905) When the International Automobile Federation (FIA) introduced the World Sports Championship in 1953, it was intended as the counterpart to the World Formula 1 Championship which had been staged since 1950. Here in Formula 1, one-seater racing cars whose races went over a maximum of 500 kilometres at that time. There, two-seater sports cars which drove over long distances right up to 24 hours and in which several drivers took turns. Until the middle of the 1980s, the World Sports Car Championship was the equal of the Formula 1 - with regard not only to the spectator figures at the races but also to the media echo. For example, the ADAC 1,000-Kilometre Race on the Nürburgring often enough lured more spectators than the World Formula 1 Championship race on the same track in the same year. Another example of the high status of the racing series is the fact that, from 1953 to 1973 (when works teams competed), Ferrari attached greater significance to the Sports Car title than to the World Formula 1 Championship title. However, these times have long since passed. Because the interest of the works dropped immensely when, as from the middle of the 1980s, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) began to decrease the distance of the races in the World Sports Car Championship ever more from the traditional long-distance format down to 430 kilometres most recently (1992) and, at the start of the 1990s, stipulated a maximum engine capacity of 3.5 litres as in the Formula 1. Logically, the World Sports Car Championship came to an end in 1992. "Back to the Roots" - The "new" World Sports Car Championship bears this motto as from 2012. As in the "heyday" of the old World Championship, the classification races once again consist of long-distance races over 24 hours, six hours or 1,000 kilometres. After Peugeot's sudden withdrawal, Audi and Toyota competed in the most important category, the LMP1 prototype class, as works teams. Porsche will join them in 2014. Honda (LMP1) and Nissan (LMP2) are involved on a semi-official basis. Aston Martin and Ferrari took part in the GT category with works cars - not a bad participation level for the start. The World Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1992 The Most Successful Drivers (Victories in Classification Races) 1. Jacky Ickx (Belgium) 37 victories 2. Jochen Mass (Germany) 32 victories 3. Derek Bell (Great Britain) 21 victories Henri Pescarolo (France) 21 victories 5. Mauro Baldi (Italy) 17 victories Brian Redman (Great Britain) 17 victories 7. Jean-Louis Schlesser (France) 15 victories 8. Phil Hill (USA) 14 victories Jo Siffert (Switzerland) 14 victories 10. Gerard Larrousse (France) 12 victories Stirling Moss (Great Britain) 12 victories 12. Olivier Gendebien (Belgium) 11 victories Arturo Merzario (Italy) 11 victories Pedro Rodriguez (Mexico) 11 victories Rolf Stommelen (Germany) 11 victories Bob Wollek (France) 11 victories The World Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1992 The Most Successful Makes (Victories in Classification Races) 1. Porsche 126 victories 2. Ferrari 63 victories 3. Mercedes (including Sauber-Mercedes) 25 victories 4. Jaguar 23 victories 5. Alfa Romeo 19 victories 6. Matra Simca 15 victories 7. Ford 13 victories 8. Lancia 11 victories 9. Peugeot 8 victories 10. Aston Martin 7 victories 11. Maserati 6 victories .
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